Nigeria: Use of Foreign Language in learning, inimical to National Devt

[Francis Hult]

Daily Sun

 

Use of Foreign Language in learning, inimical to National Devt 

 

A foremost computer engineer and Executive Director of African Language Technology Initiatives (ALTI) Dr Tunde Adegbola, has described the use of foreign language in the learning process as inimical to national development.

Delivering the first distinguished guest lecture of the African Regional Centre for Information Science (ARCIS), University of Ibadan recently, Dr. Adegbola, who has done pioneering research work on enhancing language and communication through technology, lamented that "this unfortunate phenomenon, which manifests in the Nigerian situation, can be a serious impediment to education."

He spoke on the topic: "Indigenising Human Language Technology for National Development".

 

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